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Periodicals and Newspapers Centre

	Periodicals, magazines, newspapers
	Research aids
	Services

Located on the fourth floor of the Toronto Reference Library, the Periodicals and Newspapers Centre collects and provides access to several thousand periodicals, magazines, academic journals, newsletters and bulletins. The collection contains both current and retrospective materials, in English and many other languages. We have a special emphasis on Canadian periodicals. The centre also offers periodical indexes and other research tools. Staff in the Periodicals Centre are pleased to provide research assistance to visitors.

The Toronto Star Newspaper Centre, in the basement of the Toronto Reference Library, receives approximately 200 newspapers, representing all the continents of the world, in over 45 languages.

Periodicals, magazines, newspapers

We have:

• Magazines, general interest and specialty, from the 18th Century to the present day
• Academic journals

• Newsletters and bulletins

• Popular magazines in other languages

• A collection of zines

• Paper format of most periodicals

• Microfilm format of many popular titles

• Coverage of most subjects, with a strength in Canadian material (English language), the humanities and the arts

We have more than 10,000 periodical titles, with over 3,000 currently subscribed. The rest are runs of older titles, which we keep for current and future generations of researchers.

Use the Toronto Public Library catalogue to search the collections of the Periodicals Centre.

Research aids

• Periodical indexes in electronic and paper formats.

• Guide To Currently Received Print Periodical Indexes

• Guide to Online Periodical and Newspaper Indexes

• Directories with information about currently published periodicals, including addresses, circulation figures and contact names for most magazines, journals and newspapers.

Services

• The information desk is staffed by librarians who can assist you with all aspects of periodicals research. Staff can help you chose the appropriate tools to find the information you need, and guide you through the steps of searching periodical databases.

• Retrieval of periodicals. Staff at the information desk will retrieve the current few years of about 75 popular titles (such as Maclean's, Newsweek and Scientific American). Most other titles are found on the open shelves, but materials from before 2000 are in storage. These older materials may be requested from the desk: retrieval time is about 15 minutes.

• One self-serve colour photocopier and four black and white copiers. Copiers require a copy-card: these are available from the Directions Desk on the ground floor at a cost of 15 cents a copy for letter-size black and white copies, one dollar a copy for letter-size colour copies.

• Microform printers for making copies from periodicals in microfilm format. Copies are 15 cents a page with a copy card.

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